Position in chronology
Berens 034
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105745.
Transliteration
3(u) szum2 gaz sag-bi 1(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 3(ban2) szum2 sag-asz sa2-du11 ensi2-sze3 lugal-pa-e3 muhaldim szu ba-ti 4(u) szum2 gaz sag#-[bi] 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 nig2-[x]-AB silim-ma ur-[lamma] dumu ARAD2-mu szu ba-ti ganun e2 ur-dun-ta giri3 lugal-igi-husz mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 034. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105745) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105745..
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